Senior CMF Program Designer

Job description
For our automotive client we are looking for a Senior Program Designer Colour, Material and Finish (CMF).


As a Senior Designer CMF, you are contributing to shaping the future sustainable CMF palate for the Zeekr brand. You will be responsible for delivering complete CMF solutions and detailed specifications for assigned Zeekr projects.


Being a consultant
Randstad Digital is your career partner in IT and digital enablement. As a consultant with us, you get a competitive salary, benefits and collective agreements. Your consultant manager is always there for you and ensures that you get varying and developing assignments at different companies, within different industries. As your digital enablement partner, we apply our talent-first approach to accelerate your digital journey, helping you unleash your potential and unlock unseen opportunities.


About randstad digital
Randstad Digital specializes in the field of IT and digital enablement, and is part of Randstad, a global talent leader with the vision to be the world’s most equitable and specialized talent company. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Randstad operates in 39 markets and has approximately 40,000 employees. With this global network, in combination with our strong local foundation, we can offer a wide range of varied and developing assignments and jobs for you who are a specialist in IT. As a partner for talent and through our distinct specialization, we help people secure meaningful roles, develop relevant skills and find purpose and belonging in their workplace. 

Responsibilities
What you will do:


-Produce creative and detailed design solutions fulfilling complex technical criteria working closely with other design disciplines.


-Develop sustainable CMF concepts, which are translated into physical solutions and prototypes in cooperation with suppliers and in-house trim/PaintShop.


-Strong focus on building patterns, both 2D and 3D for various application areas.


-Conduct benchmarking and research, having a fact-based approach.


-Create Colour, Material, Finish definition documents, and safeguard CMF releases linked to design gateways and property plans.


-Prepare physical and digital presentations. Be able to present and attend weekly design reviews with our Chinese stakeholders and Project teams.


-Attend project and engineering meetings, representing CMF for your assigned project.


-Work closely and interact with both internal as well external stakeholders.


-Collaborate with our Shanghai design studio.


-Liaise with R&D, Project, and Marketing teams in China.


-Part of CMF community doing non-project assignments, and creative contributions to workshops and CMF strategies.

Qualifications
-Min. Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, Transportation Design, or Fine Arts.


-At least 5-10 years’ experience in industrial or transportation design. Work-related to sustainability and research is an advantage.


-Deep knowledge of design process and methodology as well as CMF development process.


-Strong communicator with good presentation skills, both verbally and visually.


-Skilled in Adobe Creative Suite and VRED with the ability to visualize and communicate


ideas effectively in 2D and 3D. Other software like Blender, Substance, Unreal, Rhino, and Grasshopper is also valuable.


-Fluent in English. Knowledge of Mandarin is an advantage.




Personal attributes


-You are unafraid and highly flexible, knowing that changes are inevitable.


-You thrive in an environment where the tempo is high and sometimes unpredictable.


-You have a “can-do attitude” and an entrepreneurial mindset.


-You are structured, methodical, and analytical with good planning skills.


-You move between the big picture and nitty-gritty details daily.


-You are a super team player who couldn’t care less for prestige or politics.


-You are a strong communicator, visually oriented with good verbal skills.


Other


The assignment includes travel:


☒ Yes ☐ No

About the company

Randstad
At Randstad, we see the possible in people. With business all over Sweden and in all areas of expertise, we help people find work that feels good, where they get the opportunity to develop and realize their true potential. With close to 600 000 employees in 38 countries, Randstad is the global leader in the HR services industry. Our mission is to become the world’s most valued working life partner. By combining our passion for people with the power of today’s technology, we support people and organizations in realizing their true potential. We call it Human Forward.